Dr. Michael Pillsbury, Consultant, Dept. of Defense
Dr. Michael Pillsbury is a consultant for the Department of Defense and the former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Planning. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States, and Associate Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies Asian affairs, policy planning, defense planning. Prior to joining the Council, he spent a year as the special assistant for Asian Affairs at the Net Assessment Office of the Secretary of Defense, five years as U.S. Senate staff coordinator for the Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan, and was Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning, in charge of preparing scenarios for long-term defense planning.